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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.
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A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?" The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God.
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"Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?" "Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."
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You can will an act of service but you cannot will love.
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You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.
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When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.
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A disciple asked, "Who is a Master?" The Master replied, "Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece.
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The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.
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